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Tonight's fun is with George Metropoulos of Metropoulos Amplification. Jump to the following sections in our discussion

5:37 Dr. McGillicuddy's Medicinal Needs
8:13 Scotch Unboxing
9:24 Scotch Details
15:23 How did George get started building amps?
27:27 NAMM stories
32:57 Bogner Story
35:07 George Pranks Dave at the Amp Show
37:46 Chat Review
38:50 George's Amp Room Rundown
45:51 Audio Precision Analyzer discussion
48:20 Do transformers make the biggest impact on tone?
50:38 TUBES! What do we like?
1:05:56 EVH Tube shoot out story by Dave
1:10:00 EVH Brown Sound Talk
1:15:00 Hiwatt amps
1:23:00 George's Favorite Marshall to Play?
1:23:16 Opinions of Divided by 13 Amps
1:24:00 Attenuators? Power Station by Fryette, Dave's Prototype
1:30:15 Granger Amps?
1:31:16 How does Steve Stevens use his Rockaway pedal by J Rockett
1:32:23 George discusses the 10,000 series amps
1:34:55 Van Halen and Metropoulos Amps for best tone
1:38:31 New Metal Zone mod? :) Amp mistakes that sound good
1:41:40 Using Variac's, Steve Stevens, AC/DC, Van Halen
1:46:19 Van Halen and his use of a Variac, and Dave working with him on tube selection for the 5150 III amps
1:53:30 New pedals by Friedman and Metropoulos
1:59:14 What is your favorite Van Halen recorded guitar tone?
2:04:41 Friedman Buffer Bay and Pedalboard's released
2:05:05 What is closest to mustard caps?
2:07:14 Checking in on our drinking progress
2:10:04 Why do old amps sound so good?
2:17:07 Why do amps of the same era sound different?
2:21:00 Different players make an amp sound different
2:23:24 Food!
2:25:39 Slash and Lunch SIR Amps
2:29:34 Best solid state amps and Boss Katana
2:36:51 Dumble!
2:45:00 What do we do in downtime? TV, George's guest room mattress, Online reviews
2:57:35 Favorite Audio Switcher
2:58:52 Pickups and impact on sound
3:06:35 Will Friedman be coming out with their own pickups to sell? Yes
3:08:04 What causes Marshall hiss?
3:09:56 Rich mod, LarMar Mod and PPIMV discussion
3:20:50 Closing thoughts where to find George Metropoulos, Marc and Dave Friedman

Metropoulos Amplification www.metopoulos.net
Friedman Amplification www.friedmanamplification.com
ToneTalk www.tonetalk.com